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metamorphosize

metamorphosize verb: to undergo the process of metamorphosis; to metamorphose.

Verb

metamorphosize (third-person singular simple present metamorphosizes, present participle metamorphosizing, simple past and past participle metamorphosized)

  1. (nonstandard) To undergo the process of metamorphosis; to metamorphose.
    • "Sitting in the darkness and waiting doesn't come naturally for us even though we "sat" for nine months in our mother's womb, a development which is as mysterious and marvelous as that of a caterpillar metamorphosizing into a butterfly."1995, Joyce Rupp, Little Pieces of Light...: Darkness and Personal Growth, page 36

Forms of metamorphosize

third-person singular presentmetamorphosizes
present participlemetamorphosizing
past participlemetamorphosized
pastmetamorphosized
alternative formmetamorphosise

Origin of metamorphosize

From metamorphose + -ize.

Questions about metamorphosize

What does metamorphosize mean?
Metamorphosize means to undergo the process of metamorphosis; to metamorphose.
What part of speech is metamorphosize?
Metamorphosize is a verb.
What is the past tense of metamorphosize?
The past tense of metamorphosize is metamorphosized.

Words near metamorphosize in the dictionary

  1. metamorphosised
  2. metamorphosises
  3. metamorphosising
  4. metamorphosist
  5. metamorphosists
  6. metamorphosize
  7. metamorphosized
  8. metamorphosizes
  9. metamorphosizing
  10. metamorphotic
  11. metamorphous

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